nurse.toni

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1. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

   nurse.toni replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   Another funny one... when doing clinicals on peds floor in nursing school, we were going through paperwork filled out by a patient's mother. In response to a question about any complications the child had immediately after birth, she wrote "Just a li...

2. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

   nurse.toni replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   When I worked in a LTC facility, we had a resident who would yell down the hall for his "Colonial Penn"... took me a few weeks before I realized that he was referring to his his Klonopin! The funniest part is that he would correct you if you didn't ...

3. Did I make a big mistake?

   nurse.toni replied to nurse.toni's topic in Excelsior

   Thanks, that's very helpful. At this point, an online program is really the only one I can really fit into my life so I suppose I'll just continue as planned and deal with any issues when I come to them :)

4. Did I make a big mistake?

   nurse.toni posted a topic in Excelsior

   I just interviewed for an LPN position with St. Mary's Health Systems in Grand Rapids. During the interview, while discussing educational goals, the hiring manager informed me that St. Mary's doesn't typically hire RNs with an Excelsior degree. Have ...

5. New to AN and Excelsior

   nurse.toni posted a topic in Excelsior

   Hi everyone! I've been researching these boards for a while now but just finally created an account with All Nurses. I applied to Excelsior's LPN to RN program about a week ago and now I'm just waiting for my transcript review so I can get started! ...